A high dynamic range CMOS image sensor with inpixel light-to-frequency conversion

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2988-2992

  Wang, Xiuling ^b,c   Wong, Winnifred ^a,b,d   Hornsey, Richard ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^d CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Analog to digital (A D) conversion; CMOS image sensor; Digital pixel; High dynamic range; Pulse frequency modulation (PFM)

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS;

DIGITAL PIXELS; HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE; LIGHT TO FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PULSE FREQUENCY MODULATION (PFM);

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 33947262138     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2006.885642     Document Type: Article

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